KOCO 5 News first brought you the plea of the woman who nearly died in a car accident on Thursday. Mullins called the mystery man “an angel.” Her prayers to find her angel have been answered.

Jim Deal often talked about the day of the accident with his family, but he had no idea Mullins was looking for him until his daughter saw her plea on the news.

Mullins nearly died on June 4. She broke her back, her leg and other bones when her car hydroplaned and flipped multiple times. The vehicle landed deep in a ditch near Penn Square Mall where no one could see it.

She took six hours to crawl out of the mangled metal to look for help. A black truck stopped and a stranger got out to help. That stranger was Deal.

Six months later, when Deal came to her front door, Mullins embraced him tightly and got that chance to say “thank you.” Allison said she is alive only because of his actions.

“He was my hero that morning,” she said.

Deal said Mullins is the real hero.

“She's the one that got hurt,” Deal said. “She's the one that crawled herself out of that ditch. I’m just a guy that stopped by and helped her.”

Mullins was overcome with emotion when she heard the 911 call made that morning.

“We need an ambulance,” Deal told the dispatcher.

Also on the recording is Deal comforting Mullins just before hanging up.

“We got people coming,” he said on the call.

Deal said he will continue to support Mullins. She is on the road to recovery and goes to physical therapy several times a week.

IT WAS HER CHRISTMAS WISH TO FIND A MAN WHO SAVED HER LIFE A WISH KOCO HAS HELPED COME TRUE. YESTERDAY WE BROUGHT YOU THE PLEA OF WOMAN WHO NEARLY DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. SHE WANTED TO MEET THE MAN WHO SAVED HER LIFE. TONIGHT KOCO'S KIM PASSOTH HAS THEIR EMOTIONAL REUNION KIM? ALLISON MULLINS PRAYERS TO FIND HER ANGEL HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. THE MAN WHO RESCUED HER OFTEN TALKED ABOUT THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT WITH HIS FAMILY BUT HE HAD NO IDEA ALLISON WAS LOOKING FOR HIM UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN HIS DAUGHTER SAW HER PLEA HERE ON KOCO 5. PKG: NATS: REHAB ALLISON MULLINS NEARLY DIED SHE BROKE HER BACK.. HER LEG AND COUNTLESS OTHER BONES WHEN HER CAR FLIPPED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT LANDED DEEP IN A DITCH WHERE NO ONE COULD SEE IT. IT TOOK HER 6 HOURS JUST TO CRAWL OUT OF THE MANGLED METAL AND LOOK FOR HELP. YESTERDAY CLIP 1- 35:38 I got as close as I could I just waved my arm up and down 35:43 A BLACK TRUCK STOPPED AND A STRANGER GOT OUT TO HELP. SIX MONTHS LATER THAT STRANGER WOULD APPEAR AGAIN AT HER FRONT DOOR. NATS REUNIFICATION - hi how are you IN THIS MOMENT WITH THIS LONG EMBRACE.. IT IS CLEAR THE TWO WILL BE STRANGERS NO MORE. POP 1:40:08 ALLISON SAYS SHE IS ALIVE ONLY BECAUSE OF HIS ACTIONS. 1:48:01 he was my hero that morning 1:48:03 BUT JIM DEAL SAYS ALLISON IS THE REAL HERO CLIP 8 - 1:47:32 she's the one that got hurt she's the one that crawled herself out of that ditch i'm just a guy that stopped by and helped her 1:47:38 THIS WAS THE CALL HE MADE TO 911 2:01:13 911 what is your emergency i have a lady here that was in a car wreck 2:01:15 2:01:21 HEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ALLISON WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION. 2:01:25 2:01:26 right across the street from penn square mall she is sitting here in front of olive garden she is sitting here in the vurb 2:01:30 2:02:08 we need an ambuelce 2:02:09 we got help on the way 2:02:10 YOU CAN HEAR JIM COMFORT HER JUST BEFORE HANGING UP. 2:02:12 we got people coming 2:02:13 THE BOND FORMED THEY FORMED THEN IS NOW ONE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER Clip 1 1:37:06 I feel whole 1:37:07 KIM PASSOTH KOCO 5 NEWS. AND JIM SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALLISON. SHE STILL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY... AND GOES TO PHYSICAL THERAPY SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK... IN THE NEWSROOM... KP ... KOCO 5 NEWS.